Name

lprm

Synopsis

    lprm [options] [jobid]

Remove a print job from the print spool queue. You must specify a job number or numbers, which can be obtained from lpq. Only a privileged user may remove files belonging to another user.

On Solaris, this is the original BSD interface, in /usr/ucb/lprm; see lprm(1B) for more information. This entry documents the CUPS version, which is used on GNU/Linux and Mac OS X. See also lpr.

Options

-E

Encrypt the connection to the server.

-P printer

Specify printer queue. Normally, the default printer or printer specified in the PRINTER environment variable is used.

-

Cancel all jobs.

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